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S W Vines

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PubMed1994

Relaxation with guided imagery: effects on employees' psychological distress and health seeking behaviors.

1. Relaxation with guided imagery (RGI) has been successfully used for controlling acute pain, emotional distress, anxiety, and depression in a chronically ill population. Only a few studies have examined RGI as a therapeutic modality for reducing psychological distress and facilitating improvement in health behaviors. 2. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of RGI on decreasing psychological distress and improving health seeking behaviors with a working population. 3. The practice of RGI did not significantly reduce employees' psychological distress or improve their health seeking behaviors. However, anecdotal data suggest that RGI may be useful for some individuals. 4. Because RGI is a simple, inexpensive, and non-invasive technique that most employees can do on their own, additional research efforts are needed to support its effectiveness.

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The Parent-Baby Venture Program: prevention of child abuse.

TOPIC: The overwhelming obstacles adolescents face to successful achievement of the maternal role. PURPOSE: To describe an innovative, community-based program to support high risk adolescents during the early postpartum period. SOURCE: A review of the literature related to programs designed to promote maternal-role attainment and prevent child abuse/neglect. CONCLUSION: Interviews with participants indicate a positive response to the intervention but regression to maladaptive behavior in some following termination.

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Evaluating a staff development physical assessment program.

This program evaluation assessed whether nursing staff who took a mandatory physical assessment course were using the information in their daily practice. A questionnaire designed to assess clinical usage of 17 physical assessment skills was sent to the nurses who completed the first four classes of the assessment course. The results showed that the majority of the nurses used only nine of the 17 skills on a daily basis. Skills used most frequently were mental status and skin system assessments. The skills reported as least used were assessments for extraocular movements, cranial nerves, and jugular vein distention. These results imply that nurses may be applying only those skills required by the patient population on their particular unit. Staff development educators need to reassess physical assessment course content and tailor the courses to teach the skills required for specialty patient populations.

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